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Zoology Nepal I, 1824-1827; Ornithology & Mammalogy, Valley of Nepal II, 1824-1827. Note by Hodgson: "Crude beginnings - useless"

William Ogilby was a zoologist. He is perhaps best known for this work around the classification order of cheiropoda, linking mammals who had hands. He was ZSL Secretary from 1839-1847.

Correspondence between Cecil Stanley Webb and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a proposed journey by C S Webb to British Guiana, with lists of birds, mammals and reptiles of Trinidad and Tobago. Also a letter regarding Zebras and Reticulated Giraffes

Letters from Alfred Russel Wallace to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the purchase of a joint residential estate, extracts read at meetings of the Zoological Society of London, papers for the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London and Natural Science, his publication on 'Monkeys - their structure, affinities and distribution', a shipment of birds for the Society, improvements to the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, notes on the Umbrella Bird, his election as a Fellow, papers on marine mammals, opinions on theories by Darwin, Birds of Paradise, and a list of butterflies of Costa Rica

Correspondence between James Thompson, Head Keeper at London Zoo, and David William Mitchell regarding the expense to carry out the experiment of rearing mammals and birds in the Hill Country for transmission to Enland, and the transmission of a collection of Himalayan pheasants to the Zoological Society of London

Proposals, correspondence, memorandums, estimates and plans for The Charles Clore Pavilion for Mammals at ZSL London Zoo

Correspondence between Brian A Stuart and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding an agreement to collect mammals, birds and reptiles in British Guiana

Correspondence between C R Stoner and George Soper Cansdale regarding an offer to collection mammals and birds for the Zoological Society of London

Plans of the Small Mammal House at ZSL London Zoo

Correspondence regarding the construction of a Small Mammal House at ZSL London Zoo